Principal Electrical Engineer - Healthcare

Job Description

Join Ramboll’s UK Healthcare team as a Principal Electrical Engineer and lead electrical engineering design and advisory for technically demanding hospital and healthcare projects across the UK and internationally. You will define resilient, low‑carbon electrical strategies, drive high‑quality digital delivery (Revit/BIM 360) and act as a confident client‑facing technical lead working across multi‑disciplinary teams.

We’re looking for someone with a proven track record delivering electrical building services on complex healthcare or high‑resilience projects, strong digital design capability, and either chartered status or qualifications that support MCIBSE, MIET or MIHEEM membership — with Ramboll providing structured chartership and professional development support. If you’re passionate about innovative engineering that improves patient care and advances sustainable outcomes, this role offers the scope to make a real impact.

Your new role

As Principal Electrical Engineer in Ramboll’s UK Healthcare team you’ll provide senior technical leadership on a portfolio of technically demanding hospital and healthcare projects across the UK and internationally. You’ll combine hands‑on design and review with client engagement, team mentoring and project delivery responsibility to shape resilient, low‑carbon electrical strategies and ensure excellent digital delivery.

We offer flexible working arrangements with candidates able to work from any of our primary offices as well as home. We have an exciting range of ongoing projects including Hillerød Hospital Denmark, Cambridge Children’s Hospital, Kettering General Hospital and KEMH, Falklands Islands.

Key responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership for electrical building services from concept through to handover.
• Support and mentor the electrical team (engineers and technicians) and coordinate with multi‑disciplinary colleagues (mechanical, structural, public health, etc.).
• Develop and oversee electrical design concepts and detailed design, producing and reviewing calculations, specifications and drawings to meet UK healthcare standards.
• Lead digital delivery and MEP coordination using Revit (BIM 360) and industry tools (e.g., MagiCad, Dialux, IES, Trimble).
• Act as a client‑facing technical lead: present solutions, chair technical workshops and maintain strong client relationships.
• Manage project scope, resource allocation and delivery as electrical/MEP project manager, identifying and mitigating technical and commercial risks.
• Embed best practice in sustainability, resilience and quality assurance across projects.
• Enhance Ramboll’s profile by contributing to proposals, technical thought leadership and external stakeholder engagement.

Your new team

You’ll join a growing, national Healthcare team delivering an ambitious five‑year strategy. Our multidisciplinary group works across long‑term programmes and high‑profile new‑build acute hospitals, delivering projects that improve patient care and support NHS services.

Why people join us

• Meaningful impact: work on projects that directly benefit patients, staff and communities.
• Broad portfolio: national and international projects, from estate renewals to large hospital new builds.
• Collaborative culture: partner with leading UK and international architects and multidisciplinary specialists in a design‑driven environment rooted in strong Scandinavian design values.
• Career progression: clear development pathways, chartership support and opportunities to grow technically or into client/project leadership.
• Flexible ways of working: national footprint with the option to be based at any UK office and hybrid working as standard.

About you

• Demonstrable track record delivering electrical building services on UK projects — ideally healthcare or other high‑resilience/technically complex schemes.
• Proven technical or project leadership with experience mentoring engineers and driving a collaborative, inclusive culture.
• Degree (or equivalent) in electrical, building services or related engineering discipline.
• Eligibility for, or progress towards, corporate membership (MCIBSE, MIET or MIHEEM) — Ramboll provides chartership support.
• Strong competence in digital design delivery (Revit/BIM 360) and familiarity with MEP analysis/design tools (e.g., MagiCad, Dialux, IES, Trimble).
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and to identify and mitigate technical and commercial risks.
• Clear, confident communicator able to explain complex technical concepts to clients and multidisciplinary teams, verbally and in writing.
• Self‑starter who can work autonomously across technical aspects of the discipline while building client relationships.

We welcome applicants from different career stages. If you don’t meet every bullet but have the right aptitude and passion, please apply — we value potential and will support your development.

We’ll support your professional development and chartership, and we’re looking for a senior electrical engineer who can lead technical delivery and client engagement on complex healthcare projects.

What we can offer you

Investment in your development

• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Be valued for the unique person you are
• Never be short of inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• Be at the forefront of the use of digital tools
• Flexible work environment
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Matched pension contributions
• A host of subsidised benefits including private medical insurance and cycle-to-work

Why join our Healthcare team

Join a growing, high‑impact team where you’ll develop technical expertise, run your own projects and influence our five‑year strategy. You’ll work on varied, high‑profile hospital programmes and collaborate with international colleagues to share best practice and innovative, patient‑centred design solutions.

• Real responsibility: lead projects and multi‑disciplinary teams with visible impact on patient care.
• Career growth: chartership support, dedicated CPD and paths into technical or client leadership.
• Global collaboration: access to Ramboll’s international healthcare network and knowledge exchange.

Work at the heart of sustainable change

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realise their full potential.

Ready to join us?

Please submit your application. Be sure to include all relevant documents including your CV.

We recognise that some candidates only apply when they tick every box. However, passion and potential often outweigh a perfect resume and Ramboll’s supportive learning culture can help you grow. So, if this role resonates with you but you don't meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply. You might be the perfect fit for this opportunity or another within our team.

Thank you for taking the time to apply! We look forward to receiving your application.

Ramboll in the United Kingdom

Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation-owned people company. Ramboll has a proven track record of sustainable and responsible business and is a top ten engineering and environmental and sustainability consultancy in the UK, with around 2,000 employees across 16 offices working towards a more sustainable future. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health, and Energy. Strong values guide what we do and drive an inclusive, collaborative, and highly flexible culture that values people and ideas. Explore and nurture your own passion, expertise, and creativity at Ramboll through work that benefits our people, partners, nature, and society.

An equal opportunity employer

Equality, diversity, and inclusion is at the heart of what we do. At Ramboll, we believe that diversity is a strength and that different experiences and perspectives are essential to creating truly sustainable societies. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment, where everyone is able to flourish and reach their potential. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds and characteristics, in addition to the Protected Characteristics as set out in the Equality Act, (2010). As a Disability Confident Committed employer, Ramboll ensures opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please reach out to our recruitment team to discuss any adjustments that you might require during the application process. We also know how important it is to achieve the right balance of where, when, and how much you work. When you join Ramboll, you’ll have the ability to work your hours flexibly through our positive and inclusive approach to work. 

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